CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 375 
week on June 1st. Common up the Clearwater river, about lat. 
56° 30’, and not rare on Methye portage; common between Methye 
lake and Isle a la Crosse. (J. M. Macoun.) 
BREEDING NoTEsS.—Nest found 21st June at Lac des Isles, built 
on the end of a fallen tree overhanging the water, composed of mud, 
grass and moss, lined with fine grass and feathers; eggs, five, white. 
(G. R. White.) 
457. Say Phoebe, 
Sayorms saya (BONAP.) Batrp. 1858. 
One specimen was observed at Indian Head, Sask., on May 20th, 
1892, which was the only one. seen; not uncommon at Medicine Hat 
and Crane lake, Sask., June, 1894; at Crane lake a pair built a nest 
on the veranda of the farm house just as the phoebe does in the 
east, and another pair built their nest on a pole passing through the 
horse corall; in June, 1895, a pair was observed in the ‘‘Bad Lands”’ 
south of Wood mountain; and westward in the Milk River valley 
they were quite numerous, breeding on the ledges in the cliffs; a 
pair was seen at Banff, Rocky mountains, Alta., in 1891; a few 
individuals seen at Edmonton, Alta., in May, 1897; not rare in the 
foot-hills from Calgary to Crow Nest pass; not uncommon at Sica- 
mous, Kamloops, and Spence bridge, B.C., 1889; only two specimens 
seen on Stubbs island, Barclay sound, Vancouver island, August 25th, 
1893. (Spreadborough.) One individual appeared at Carlton House 
on the 13th May, when it settled on a low garden fence, flitting from 
place to place when disturbed; it was soon obtained and a female 
was shot afterwards. (Richardson.) North to Fort Simpson, on 
the Mackenzie river; rare. (Ross.) Several specimens of this bird 
were brought to me from Fort Reliance, on the Upper Yukon, in 
lat. 66°. (Nelson.) This species was noted at Glacier in the White 
pass, on the mountain side at Bennett, at Fort Selkirk, at Stewart 
river, at Charlie river, Yukon district, and at Circle City, in Alaska, 
in 1899. (Bishop.) British Columbia. (Lord.) Common in the 
interior; abundant during the migrations. (Streator.) East and 
west of coast range; but chiefly on the mainland; summer resident. 
(Fannin.) Rare migrant at Chilliwack. (Brooks.) Not common: 
same distribution as Tyrannus verticalis. (Rhoads.) 
